2015-05-13 | Santiago in Chile launched an international public competition for an urban design of its main corridor involving a BRT according to the BRT-ALC Center of Excellence’s recommendations. Juan Carlos Muñ...

2015-05-13 | Preliminary tests are being conducted for Buzz, a free mobile application that plans routes to travel in Santiago, Chile through the combination of different modes of sustainable transportation, such ...

2015-05-11 | On May 7, 2015 from 10 to 11 am EST, the VREF and Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport jointly organized a Webinar on political strategies for transforming urban transport. The webinar ai...

Research Briefs

URBAN FREIGHT

5/26/2015

Organising and Managing Urban Freight Partnership

Partnerships can contribute significantly to solving urban freight problems; they provide a good oppor­tunity to consider the various perspectives of stake­holders and thereby identify possible solutions. This policy brief presents a framework for organis­ing and managing urban freight partnerships.
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4/27/2015

Freight Trip Generation Modelling

This research brief highlights the importance of quantifying freight trips as a step toward enhancing understanding of urban freight systems.
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MOBILITY AND ACCESS IN CITIES

7/6/2015

Strategies for constructive change

It is one thing to know of technologies and policies that advance sustainable transport goals, and quite another to understand the political negotiations and governance strategies required to implement them. This research brief discusses lessons from case studies in Mexico City, Seoul and Stockholm.
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6/30/2015

Transit Leadership Summit: 2012 to 2014

From 2012 to 2014, the Transit Leadership Summit (TLS) provided a forum for critical international dialogue about transit issues at the highest levels of executive management. The small group setting, underpinned by research, promoted exchange of ideas that led to innovation in the world's leading transit agencies.
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OTHER PROJECTS

3/19/2015

Mega Transport Projects and Success

The VREF release today its first Research Brief as short-form summaries of research findings in topics of relevance to the VREF Future Urban Transport Program.
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On-going Calls

The VREF invites PhD students and early stage researchers to apply for a VREF Study Visit Grant to support a study visit with up to SEK 30 000.

The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) inspires, initiates and supports research and educational activities through the Future Urban Transport Programme - How to deal with the complexity of urban transport (FUT).